Ladue Lips: The word around town.

May 16, 2008

Congratulations to WILLIAM and EVELYN METZGER, who are celebrating an
amazing 65 years of marriage this year. They met when William was
11 and Evelyn was 13, and 10 years later they were married. Six
children, 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren later, the
Chesterfield couple is still very much in love.

Wash. U news…DR. CRAIG
REISS has been named the Sam and Marilyn Fox
Distinguished Professor in Medicine at WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Reiss directs the Cardiology Consultants and the Heart Care
Institute at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.
HELEN PIWNICA-WORMS,
Ph.D., has been appointed the first Gerty T. Cori Professor, named
in honor of the university faculty member who shared the Nobel
Prize for Medicine with her husband in 1947.

Lights, camera, action! SLEEK, the newly opened steakhouse at
LUMIERE PLACE, will
be the backdrop for the second season of celebrity chef
HUBERT KELLER’s
acclaimed PBS TV show, Secrets of a Chef. The series shows Hubert
transforming his famous dishes into easy-to-follow recipes for the
home cook. Producers will film 26 episodes on location in the
restaurant’s new kitchen.

Someone call Indiana Jones! This summer, staff of the
SCOTT JOPLIN HOUSE
will excavate areas of the backyard. Volunteers are needed to help
dig, screen, wash and run educational programs for visitors. The
staff hopes to discover artifacts of historical value for the
museum.

Going green…3DEGREES, the developer and manager for
AmerenUE’s PurePowerT voluntary green energy program has opened its
doors on the first floor of Ventana Lofts downtown. The program,
launched in October 2007, encourages the company’s Missouri
customers to support the development of wind power and other forms
of renewable energy through the purchase of certified renewable
energy certificates (REC). RECs are exchanged for power from ‘clean
energy’ sources. For more information, click on the Pure Power link
on Ameren’s Web site.

As part of its ongoing 100th anniversary, BRITH SHOLOM KNESETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
will host a special evening with well-known biblical scholar
DR. AVIVAH GOTTLIEB
ZORNBERG May 22 at 7 p.m. Following her
presentation, guests are invited to mingle with Dr. Zornberg at a
reception. For more information, call 725-6230.

Kudos to FRIENDS OF SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY LIVER CENTER, which presented a $200,000
check for continued research at a gift commemoration ceremony held
recently at SLU.

Eco-perks…THE RITZ-CARLTON ST.
LOUIS recently announced it will henceforth offer
free valet parking for any hybrid car! The offer extends to both
hotel guests and visitors, and the cars will be given special
green-colored parking passes to identify them as eco-friendly.

Congratulations to St. Louis native JAYNA ALTMAN, who has won the title of
MISS MISSOURI INTERNATIONAL
2008. Affected by profound hearing loss since
birth, Altman has devoted her life to raising awareness about
children who have been affected by the same disability. She will
represent Missouri when she competes for Miss International in
Chicago this summer.

CIRCUS FLORA is
getting its 15 minutes in the national spotlight this year when
CBS SUNDAY MORNING
airs a segment on Circus Flora later this summer. Host
MARTHA TEICHNER
visited recently to watch performers rehearse at Three Creek Farm,
the homestead of Circus Flora founder DAVID BALDING and his wife
LAURA. She’ll return
again in June to shoot the complete show, and the story will air
sometime later.